Current RoomsFriends | I'm a novelist, columnist, feature writer, reviewer, enjoy Sherlock Holmes as a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, and, on occasion, ramble through Sherwood Forest. locksley69 to Naturist Emily: Dorothy Parker wrote, "Men don't make passes to girls who wear glasses." Dorothy obviously had never met Emily. locksley69 to Jammmmy94: If anyone needs an example to explain the word, "Junoesque" you certainly fill the bill, Jammmm94. locksley69 to Luvly_: I'd be glad to chat with a lady who has an excellent eye for art. Drop bye and say hello. locksley69 to bect: It is truly a shame that so gorgeous a lady must live in such a horrible tyranny as Aussieland locksley69 to cheriepye: Cheripye - come join Angel and Milkman and other friends in Catholic Theology! locksley69 to SoulSister2021: I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. Luke 22:32 Spreading stories and creating innuendo about Father Barnabas are not the actions of a Christian, only a hysteric. As for the Last Times that you so want to be a part of, as Jesus said, "“It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority.' Acts 1:7 Concerning your spending a nonsensical life looking for signs, Jesus says, "It is a perverse and adulterous generation which seeks after a sign" Matthew 16:4 Jesus calls us to be joyful. not bother with signs: "On that day you will not question me about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be full ... I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have overcome the world!” John 16:23,24, 33 I prefer the joyful Lord Jesus of Scripture, not the morose Messiah of your imagination. View all 4 posts inStitches: So well written and quoted. You are very strong in your belief. I have yet so much to learn. But thank you Lord for putting people like you and Father B. in my path. esp2holiness: Yes, the prophetic speaking to the church (the watchmen), the truth of the gospel is to be living vessels for his glory is to speak thru, the joy of the Lord will fill us as we let God live through us, like words of knowlege or wisdom, as our spirit co-exists with him. |
Oh, and Constantine had nothing to do with the Bible except to make 50 copies of Christian texts for the cathedrals of the great cities of the Empire. Codex Alexandrinus is one of them. The Catholic Bible was made authoritative by the Synod of Rome in 382, supported by Synods in Hippo Regius and Carthage by the end of the century.
The books of the New Testament, beginning with Paul, began in the early AD 50s. John's Revelation and Gospel came during and after the persecution of Domitian, written in AD 96, The oldest fragment of the New Testament is from John's Gospel and is dated to c 120. That wd be less then 30 years from the time John's account first appeared in Ephesus.
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